Jeopardy! discussion thread for Mon., Jan. 27
Here are today's Tournament of Champions contestants:
- Rishabh Wuppalapati, a student at the University of Pennsylvania from Vernon Hills, Illinois;
- Will Wallace, a game design director from Austin, Texas; and
- Alison Betts, a writer & creative executive originally from San Jose, California.
Jeopardy!
LAKES OF AMERICA // GAME TIME // SPECIAL DAYS // "CH" AS IN CHAMP // BROKEN // HELL'S KITCHEN, THE MUSICAL
DD1 - 800 - LAKES OF AMERICA - Northwest of Allentown, Beltzville Lake is a popular fishing spot in this mountain range (On the first clue of the game, Alison dropped 800.)
Scores at first break: Alison 1,400, Will 3,200, Rishabh -400.
Scores entering DJ: Alison 2,200, Will 3,800, Rishabh 2,200.
Double Jeopardy!
PUTTING THE CULTURE IN AGRICULTURE // A WEAK RESPONSE // LITERARY CHARACTERS // IT'S GOT A MOTOR // THAT HAPPENED // CELEBRITY MEMOIRS
DD2 - 1,200 - THAT HAPPENED - Anytus, Meletus & Lycon were the 3 prosecutors in the trial of this man in 399 B.C. (Will added 2,600 to his leading score of 6,600.)
DD3 - 1,600 - LITERARY CHARACTERS - Shimerda is the last name of the heroine of this Willa Cather novel (Rishabh moved into second by adding 2,000.)
Scores entering FJ: Alison 9,800, Will 15,200, Rishabh 5,800.
Final Jeopardy!
WORLD CAPITALS - Home to more than 400,000, it’s the only world capital in the “Roaring Forties” latitudes
Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Will dropped 4,401 to advance with 10,799.
Final scores: FJ: Alison 4,399, Will 10,799, Rishabh 0.
Triple Stumper of the day: No one recognized the artistic style of Grandma Moses.
Overvalued clue dept.: 2,000 for being familiar with the term "paper tiger". Also, in the "Hell's Kitchen" category where the players missed four out of five, the only one they got about "Empire State of Mind" was the bottom-row clue and was probably the easiest.
Correct Qs: DD1 - What are the Poconos? DD2 - Who was Socrates? DD3 - What is "My Ántonia"? FJ - What is Wellington, NZ?